PowerView® Automation
Program your window treatments so that they adjust themselves automatically, creating the perfect room ambiance morning, noon and night.
Sheer Shades
Learn more about Hunter Douglas custom window sheers, including our shadings and privacy sheers. Innovative, light-diffusing sheers. Your trusted source for window treatments.
Cellular Shades
Cellular honeycomb shades from Hunter Douglas. An energy-efficient design that traps air in distinct pockets to help keep your house cool in the summer and warm in the winter.
Roman Shades
Custom-made fabric Roman Shades by Hunter Douglas, combining the look of soft folds with the ease and convenience of a shade. Custom-crafted.
Roller Shades
The Hunter Douglas roller shades & solar screen shades collections offer excellent light control and a clean, stylish look in a range of fabrics and materials.
Woven Shades
For a warm, natural look our Hunter Douglas Woven Wood Shades collection of window treatments transforms sunlight into captivating design statements. Choose yours today.
Vertical Shades
Find the right custom vertical shades for any room in your home. Search our most popular window shades.
Wood Blinds
From controlling light to their stylish, sleek look, wood blinds have been a favorite among homeowners for decades.
Metal Blinds
Find the perfect metal blinds for any room in your home. From controlling light to their stylish, sleek look, metal blinds have been a favorite among homeowners.
Vertical Blinds
Discover Hunter Douglas customized vertical blinds featuring elegant styling and translucency in a large selection of colors, treatments, and textures. Lifetime guarantee.
Shutters
Hunter Douglas custom window shutters provide superior light control and privacy with classic styles, long-lasting finishes, and exceptional craftsmanship.
Drapery
Choose from timeless and on-trend fabrics, including lofty textures and alluring jacquards, artisanal embroideries and luminous sheers.
Light Enhancing
Enjoy the beauty of natural light and make any space more captivating, with the following light-enhancing shades.
Room Darkening
Want a darker room for better sleep or optimal movie binging? These shades and drapes help block light at the window.
Energy Efficient
Live comfortably and save energy with these shades. Designer to keep a room warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
Door Coverings
Manage natural light and add privacy with these window treatments that work well for sliding-glass and patio doors.
Sound Absorption
Create a quieter, more relaxing room with these window treatments, which help absorb sound, reducing exterior noise.
Top-Down Bottom-Up
For privacy and natural light, position shades from the top, bottom or both. These shades have this feature available.
Commercial Blinds & Shades
We offer window treatments for any business or commercial setting.
Motorized Window Coverings
Enjoy the convenience of motorized window coverings.
Blind and Shade Repairs
We offer quick and professional repairs for your blinds and shades.
Window Covering Cleaning
We offer professional window treatment cleaning services.
Window Covering Measuring & Installations
Our measuring and installation service will ensure an exact fit for your window coverings.
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Bathroom
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Bedroom
See window covering solutions for privacy and room darkening.
Home Office
See window covering solutions for light filtering and glare control.
Kitchen
See window covering solutions for a variety of needs and kitchen styles.
Living Room
See window covering solutions for light filtering and UV protection.
Media Room
See room darkening window treatments for your media room.
Nursery & Kids Room
See child-safe window coverings for baby nurseries and kids rooms
Angled Windows
See blinds and shades for angled, sloped, and triangle-shaped windows.
Arched Windows
See blinds and shades for arched, half-circle or half-moon windows.
Bay, Bow, Corner Windows
See blinds and shades for bay, bow and corner windows.
French Doors
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Sidelights
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Sliding Glass Doors
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Skylights
See blinds and shades specifically suited for skylights.
Automated
See all options for automated blinds and shades.
Blackout
See our options for blinds and shades that best control light.
Energy Efficient
See blinds and shades that help save energy at the window.
Light Filtering
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Child and Pet-Friendly
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What Rooms are the Best for Room-Darkening Window Shades?
When it comes to room darkening shades, many homeowners think they can only use these window treatments in bedrooms. However, did you know that multiple rooms in your home can benefit from room-darkening window shades? We discuss the best rooms for room darkening shades to help you show you which places in your home can benefit the most.
Room #1: Primary Bedrooms
As mentioned, bedrooms are one of the most popular rooms for room-darkening window shades and for good reason! Nothing ruins a good night’s sleep like trace amounts of light that disrupt your deep sleep.
That’s where Duette® Cellular Shades with LightLock™ come into play. These room darkening window shades block out nearly all incoming light to help create the perfect environment for sleeping. These shades also seal light gaps around the windows, ensuring total darkness when you need it most.
Room #2: Media Rooms
Is there anything that disrupts a movie marathon faster than glare? Room darkening window shades from Hunter Douglas immediately kick unwanted glare to the curb, allowing you to enjoy endless hours of your favorite movies.
Silhouette® Sheer Shades by Hunter Douglas are perfect for media rooms and home theaters because they allow light control and room darkening in one when you choose the optional Duolite® system or A Deux™ design enhancement. This means you can enjoy soft lighting or superior room darkening depending on the atmosphere you’d like to set.
Room #3: Rooms Facing Busy Streets
Spaces that face busy streets are notoriously hard to darken at night. Street lamps won’t shut off until the morning, traffic lights never quit glowing, and car headlights throughout the night can be a nuisance.
Fortunately, Vignette® Roman Shades can help. These shades are available with the optional Duolite® system, an innovative feature that combines two fabrics one light filtering and one room darkening into a single shade. This allows you to enjoy as much shade and privacy or as much filtered light as you wish. Vignette® Roman Shades are also available in several opacities, so you can select a fabric that lets in as much or as little light as you wish.
Room #4: West-Facing Windows
As many homeowners know, west-facing windows tend to let in the most sunlight during the afternoon, which can quickly overheat your rooms and make you reach for your sunglasses.
Room darkening shades like Duette® Cellular Shades are an excellent way to control the harsh afternoon light while still maintaining a stylish look. On their own, these shades trap air right at your windows to help keep west-facing rooms cool. With optional room-darkening enhancements, these shades can block an even greater amount of light, so you can enjoy some solace from those intense UV rays even when the sun is at its highest.
Room Darkening Window Shades Near Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Room darkening shades are a game changer whether you need them for one room or throughout your home. At Betz Blinds, our team is happy to help you find the right collection of shades, as well as the best opacities and operational enhancements for your home.
To get started, be sure to contact us at Betz Blinds today! From room darkening cellular shades to room darkening roller shades, we are here to help.
Plus, visit our promotions page for excellent savings on Hunter Douglas window treatments.
Betz Blinds is located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and proudly serves Sioux Falls, Harrisburg, Brookings, Mitchell, Vermillion, and Yankton, South Dakota; Luverne, Minnesota; Rock Rapids, Larchwood, Spirit Lake, and Okoboji, Iowa.